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STORY: OHCHR / LEBANON ISRAEL MILITARY OPERATIONS
TRT: 01:55
SOURCE: OHCHR / UNTV CH
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 15 APRIL 2025, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
1. Wide shot, Palais des Nations
2. Wide shot, briefing room
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Thameen Al-Kheetan, Spokesperson for the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR):
“According to our initial review, at least 71 civilians have been killed by Israeli forces in Lebanon, since the ceasefire came into effect on 27 November last year. Among the victims are 14 women and 9 children. People remain gripped by fear, and over 92,000 are still displaced from their homes.”
4. Wide shot, briefing room
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Thameen Al-Kheetan, Spokesperson for the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR):
“The violence must stop immediately. All parties to the conflict must respect international humanitarian law, including the principles of distinction, proportionality and precaution. There must be prompt, independent and impartial investigations into all allegations of serious violations of international humanitarian law, and those found responsible must be held to account.”
6. Wide shot, briefing room
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Thameen Al-Kheetan, Spokesperson for the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR):
“All those internally displaced, in Lebanon and in Israel, should be able to safely return home. Unexploded remnants of war in southern Lebanon should be removed to ensure people can safely resume their lives upon return.”
8. Wide shot, briefing room
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Thameen Al-Kheetan, Spokesperson for the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR):
“UN High Commissioner Volker Türk urges all parties to respect the commitments they have made under the ceasefire – which needs to transition into a permanent cessation of hostilities – and to ensure full respect for and implementation of Security Council Resolution 1701.”
10. Wide shot, briefing room
Israeli military operations in Lebanon continue to kill and injure civilians, and destroy civilian infrastructure, raising concerns regarding the protection of civilians, the UN Human Rights Office warned today (Apr 15).
“According to our initial review, at least 71 civilians have been killed by Israeli forces in Lebanon, since the ceasefire came into effect on 27 November last year. Among the victims are 14 women and 9 children. People remain gripped by fear, and over 92,000 are still displaced from their homes,” said spokesperson Thameen-Al-Kheetan.
Also, since the ceasefire began, at least five rockets, two mortars and a drone have been launched from Lebanon towards the north of Israel, according to the Israeli army. Tens of thousands of Israelis are still reportedly displaced from the north.
“The violence must stop immediately. All parties to the conflict must respect international humanitarian law, including the principles of distinction, proportionality and precaution. There must be prompt, independent and impartial investigations into all allegations of serious violations of international humanitarian law, and those found responsible must be held to account,” Al-Kheetan told the UN’s biweekly press briefing in Geneva.
“All those internally displaced, in Lebanon and in Israel, should be able to safely return home. Unexploded remnants of war in southern Lebanon should be removed to ensure people can safely resume their lives upon return,” he said.
“UN High Commissioner Volker Türk urges all parties to respect the commitments they have made under the ceasefire – which needs to transition into a permanent cessation of hostilities – and to ensure full respect for and implementation of Security Council Resolution 1701,” Al-Kheetan stressed.
